Pet Shop Boys - Catalogue: 1985-2012 (2017-2018)

musbest · April 2, 2019

ARTIST: Pet Shop Boys

ALBUM / TITLE: Catalogue: 1985-2012

RELEASE YEAR / DATE: 2017-2018

COUNTRY: England

STYLE: Synthpop, Pop, Electronic

LABEL: Parlophone

DURATION: 18:22:36

FILE FORMAT: MP3

QUALITY: 320 kbps

Size: 3,35 gb

Tracklist:

Please: Further Listening 1984-1986 (2018 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Two Divided By Zero (3:35)
02. West End Girls (4:46)
03. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (3:44)
04. Love Comes Quickly (4:19)
05. Suburbia (5:07)
06. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) [Reprise] (0:34)
07. Tonight Is Forever (4:30)
08. Violence (4:30)
09. I Want a Lover (4:06)
10. Later Tonight (2:50)
11. Why Don't We Live Together? (4:50)

CD2

01. A Man Could Get Arrested (12" B-Side) (4:11)
02. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Full Length 7'' Mix) (4:37)
03. In The Night (4:51)
04. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (12'' Mix) (7:01)
05. Why Don't We Live Together? (Original New York Mix) (5:14)
06. West End Girls (Dance Mix) (6:39)
07. A Man Could Get Arrested (7'' B-Side) (4:52)
08. Love Comes Quickly (Dance Mix) (6:51)
09. That's My Impression (Disco Mix) (5:20)
10. Was That What It Was? (5:17)
11. Suburbia (The Full Horror) (8:58)
12. Jack the Lad (4:32)
13. Paninaro (Italian Remix) (8:40)

‘Please’ was the debut album by Pet Shop Boys and produced by Stephen Hague. Released in March 1986, the record hit number 3 and spent 82 weeks in the UK Official Album Charts, went into the Top Ten in the USA where it was certified platinum, and to date has sold over three million copies worldwide.
Comprising ten tracks in its original release, the album’s track-listing includes the duo’s debut single ‘West End girls’ – PSB’s first number one, certified Gold single. In 1987 it was awarded Best Single at the BRIT Awards, Best International Hit at the Ivor Novello Awards and later was awarded the Song Of The Decade Ivor Novello Award in 2005, chosen by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. It also reached number one in the USA. Singles ‘Love comes quickly’, Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)’ and ‘Suburbia’ also feature on ‘Please’, all of which went on to earn Top 20 status in the UK Singles Chart.
This ‘Catalogue’ re-issue of the album features a remastered and repackaged vinyl and double CD, featuring 7” and 12” mixes and remixes of tracks from ‘Please’ and the album’s period.

Actually: Further Listening 1987-1988 (2018 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. One More Chance (5:31)
02. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) (4:23)
03. Shopping (3:37)
04. Rent (5:08)
05. Hit Music (4:45)
06. It Couldn't Happen Here (5:21)
07. It's A Sin (4:59)
08. I Want To Wake Up (5:10)
09. Heart (3:58)
10. King's Cross (5:13)

CD2

01. I Want To Wake Up (Breakdown Mix) (6:00)
02. Heart (Shep Pettibone Version) (4:13)
03. You Know Where You Went Wrong (5:52)
04. One More Chance (Seven-Inch Mix) (3:50)
05. It's A Sin (Disco Mix) (7:41)
06. What Have I Done To Deserve This? (Extended Mix) (6:50)
07. Heart (Disco Mix) (8:39)
08. A New Life (4:57)
09. Always On My Mind (Demo Version) (4:04)
10. Rent (Seven-Inch Mix) (3:36)
11. I Want A Dog (4:59)
12. Always On My Mind (Extended Dance Mix) (8:13)
13. Do I Have To? (5:17)
14. Always On My Mind (Dub Mix) (2:07)

In 1987, Pet Shop Boys released their second album ‘Actually’, which became another huge hit album for the duo, debuting at the number 2 spot on the UK Albums Chart upon its release. The album was produced by Julian Mendelsohn, Stephen Hague, Shep Pettibone, Andy Richards and Pet Shop Boys.
This period saw Pet Shop Boys reach new critical and commercial heights with three number one singles, “It’s a sin”, “Always on my mind” and Heart”, and ‘What have I done to deserve this’, their number two single featuring Dusty Springfield. As Neil Tennant puts it: “I felt at this time that we had the secret of contemporary pop music, that we knew what was required.”
The ‘Catalogue’ re-issue of ‘Actually’ includes the remastered original album with the 2-CD album features bonus material including the Shep Pettibone mix of ‘Heart’, and demo versions and alternative mixes of tracks including ‘One more chance’ and ‘Always on my mind’.

Introspective: Further Listening 1988-1989 (2018 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Left To My Own Devices (8:17)
02. I Want A Dog (6:16)
03. Domino Dancing (7:40)
04. I'm Not Scared (7:25)
05. Always On My Mind/In My House (9:05)
06. It's Alright (9:28)

CD2

01. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) (5:35)
02. Don Juan (Demo Version) (4:22)
03. Domino Dancing (Demo Version) (4:47)
04. Domino Dancing (Alternative Version) (4:53)
05. The Sound of the Atom Splitting (5:13)
06. What Keeps Mankind Alive? (3:26)
07. Don Juan (Disco Mix) (7:35)
08. Losing My Mind (Disco Mix) (6:09)
09. Nothing Has Been Proved (Demo for Dusty) (4:52)
10. So Sorry, I Said (Demo for Liza) (3:26)
11. Left to My Own Devices (Seven-Inch Mix) (4:48)
12. It's Alright (Ten-Inch Version) (4:47)
13. One of the Crowd (3:56)
14. It's Alright (Seven-Inch Version) (4:20)
15. Your Funny Uncle (2:19)

Pet Shop Boys’ 1988 release ‘Introspective’. This album has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide to date and was the first to feature production by Trevor Horn, whose lavish orchestrations marked a new sonic direction for PSB. House Music legend, Frankie Knuckles created the mix of “I want a dog” while “Domino dancing” was recorded in Miami with hit producer Lewis Martinée.
‘Introspective’ also saw Pet Shop Boys introduce a new approach to the format of an album and its respective singles: each of the 6 tracks on the album’s original track-listing is over six minutes in length, and they were later edited to fit the more traditional format of a seven-inch single. “The idea was to have an album where every track was a single. And in fact five out of the six of them were, because ‘I’m not scared’ was a single for Patsy Kensit, or rather for her group Eighth Wonder”, says Neil Tennant.
This ‘Catalogue’ re-issue features, along with the newly-remastered original album, bonus material such as demo versions of ‘Don Juan’ and ‘Domino dancing’, seven-inch and disco mixes of ‘Losing my mind’ and Left to my own devices’.

Behaviour: Further Listening 1990-1991 (2018 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Being Boring (6:51)
02. This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave (5:30)
03. To Face the Truth (5:34)
04. How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? (3:56)
05. Only the Wind (4:18)
06. My October Symphony (5:18)
07. So Hard (3:58)
08. Nervously (4:07)
09. The End of the World (4:44)
10. Jealousy (4:50)

CD2

01. It Must Be Obvious (4:26)
02. So Hard [Extended Dance Mix] (6:39)
03. Miserablism (4:07)
04. Being Boring [Extended Mix] (10:41)
05. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend (4:30)
06. We All Feel Better In The Dark [Extended Mix] (6:48)
07. Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You) [Extended Mix] (6:47)
08. Jealousy [Extended Version] (7:59)
09. Generic Jingle (0:15)
10. DJ Culture [Extended Mix] (6:54)
11. Was It Worth It [Twelve-Inch Mix] (7:16)
12. Music For Boys [Ambient Mix] (6:13)
13. DJ Culture [seven-Inch Mix] (4:27)

Very: Further Listening 1992-1994 (2018 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Can You Forgive Her? (3:54)
02. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (3:04)
03. Liberation (4:06)
04. A Different Point Of View (3:26)
05. Dreaming Of The Queen (4:20)
06. Yesterday, When I Was Mad (3:56)
07. The Theatre (5:11)
08. One And One Make Five (3:31)
09. To Speak Is A Sin (4:46)
10. Young Offender (4:50)
11. One In A Million (3:54)
12. Go West (8:24)

CD2

01. Go West (1992 twelve-inch mix) (9:10)
02. Forever in love (5:44)
03. Confidential (demo for Tina) (4:48)
04. Hey, headmaster (3:06)
05. Shameless (5:04)
06. Too many people (4:26)
07. I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing (seven-inch version) (4:45)
08. Violence (Haçienda version) (5:00)
09. Falling (demo for Kylie) (4:38)
10. Decadence (3:55)
11. If love were all (3:01)
12. Absolutely fabulous (single version) (3:47)
13. Euroboy (4:30)
14. Some speculation (6:35)
15. Yesterday, when I was mad (single version) (4:02)
16. Girls and boys (live in Rio) (4:56)

Bilingual: Further Listening 1995-1997 (2018 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Discoteca (4:38)
02. Single - Bilingual (3:49)
03. Metamorphosis (4:04)
04. Electricity (4:58)
05. Se A Vida é (That's The Way Life Is) (4:02)
06. It Always Comes As A Surprise (6:07)
07. A Red Letter Day (5:12)
08. Up Against It (4:17)
09. The Survivors (4:31)
10. Before (4:32)
11. To Step Aside (3:49)
12. Saturday Night Forever (3:56)

CD2

01. Paninaro '95 (4:11)
02. In The Night (1995) (4:18)
03. The Truck-Driver And His Mate (3:34)
04. Hit And Miss (4:08)
05. How I Learned To Hate Rock 'n' Roll (4:39)
06. Betrayed (5:20)
07. Delusions Of Grandeur (5:04)
08. Discoteca [single Version] (5:14)
09. The Calm Before The Storm (2:49)
10. Discoteca [New Version] (3:48)
11. The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On (6:09)
12. A Red Letter Day [Expanded Single Version] (5:35)
13. The View From Your Balcony (3:46)
14. Disco Potential (4:08)
15. Somewhere (Extended Mix) (10:56)

Nightlife: Further Listening 1996-2000 (2017 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. For Your Own Good (5:16)
02. Closer To Heaven (4:06)
03. I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore (5:09)
04. Happiness Is An Option (3:48)
05. You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk (3:11)
06. Vampires (4:44)
07. Radiophonic (3:31)
08. The Only One (4:20)
09. Boy Strange (5:10)
10. In Denial (3:20)
11. New York City Boy (5:15)
12. Footsteps (4:16)

CD2

01. Vampires (Demo) (4:03)*
02. For All of Us (Demo) (4:21)*
03. Call Me Old-Fashioned (Demo) (3:59)*
04. Friendly Fire (3:23)
05. Believe / Song for Guy (feat. Elton John) (2:59)*
06. Sail Away (4:34)
07. It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (Fan Club Mix) (3:56)
08. Nightlife (3:54)
09. Playing in the Streets (3:23)*
10. Tall Thin Men (2:14)*
11. Radiophonic (Demo) (5:15)*

CD3

01. Somebody Else's Business (3:31)
02. Silver Age) (3:32)
03. Screaming (4:55)
04. For All of Us (4:23)**
05. The Ghost of Myself (4:03)
06. Casting a Shadow (4:37)
07. I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore (The PSB Extension) (8:40)
08. Was It Worth It? (Live) (3:06)**
09. Lies (4:41)
10. Paris City Boy (Full French) (5:18)**
11. Positive Role Model (4:03)
12. Somebody Else's Business (Extended Mix) (5:34)**

‘Nightlife’, their darkly orchestrated collaboration with producers Rollo, Craig Armstrong and David Morales, originally released in 1999, is reissued with two Further listening CDs, including exclusive, unreleased tracks such as ‘Little black dress’, ‘Tall thin men’ and ‘For all of us’ and demo versions of ‘Vampires’, ‘Call me old-fashioned’ and ‘Radiophonic’.

* Previously unreleased
**Previously unreleased on CD

Release: Further Listening 2001-2004 (2017 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Home And Dry (4:22)
02. I Get Along (5:51)
03. Birthday Boy (6:28)
04. London (3:47)
05. E-Mail (3:56)
06. The Samurai In Autumn (4:18)
07. Love Is A Catastrophe (4:51)
08. Here (3:16)
09. The Night I Fell In Love (5:05)
10. You Choose (3:13)

CD2

01. Between Two Islands) (5:11)
02. Searching for the Face of Jesus (3:27)
03. Time On My Hands (3:53)
04. Motoring (Demo) (4:03)*
05. Love Life (3:46)**
06. Transparent (3:53)
07. Sexy Northerner (3:41)
08. The Night Is a Time to Explore Who You Are (Demo) (3:53)*
09. Closer To Heaven (Slow Version) (6:28)
10. Run, Girl, Run (Demo) (3:50)*
11. I Didn't Get Where I Am Today (3:37)
12. Always) (5:03)
13. Home and Dry (Ambient Mix) (5:31)
14. Bright Young Things (Demo) (4:28)*
15. Kazak (Demo) (2:49)*
16. A Powerful Friend (BBC Live Session) (3:17)*
17. If Looks Could Kill (BBC Live Session) (4:24)*

CD3

01. Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man) (4:48)
02. Here (PSB New Extended Mix) (6:18)
03. If Looks Could Kill (4:11)
04. A Powerful Friend (3:23)**
05. Party Song (3:42)
06. No Excuse (Demo) (3:35)*
07. Blue On Blue (3:13)
08. Jack And Jill Party (Demo) (3:43)*
09. Baby (Demo) (3:45)
10. Flamboyant (Demo) (4:25)
11. Miracles (3:56)
12. Flamboyant (7'' Mix) (3:38)
13. Numb (Demo) (3:39)
14. In Private (feat. Elton John) (4:13)
15. Alone Again, Naturally (feat. Elton John) (3:25)*
16. Reunion (Electro Mix) (4:29)*
17. Bright Young Things (4:56)
18. We're The Pet Shop Boys (4:56)
19. It's A Sin (Barfly Version) (3:59)

'Release', featuring Johnny Marr on guitar, entered the top ten UK album chart on its release in 2002. This remastered edition comes with two Further listening albums of additional tracks, including unreleased songs 'Motoring', 'The night is a time to explore who you are', 'Run, girl, run' and 'Reunion', as well as previously-unreleased John Peel versions of 'A powerful friend' and 'If looks could kill' and a previously-unreleased cover version of Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone again, naturally" featuring Elton John.

* Previously unreleased
**Previously unreleased on CD

Fundamental: Further Listening 2005-2007 (2017 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Psychological (4:10)
02. The Sodom And Gomorrah Show (5:20)
03. I Made My Excuses And Left (4:53)
04. Minimal (4:21)
05. Numb (4:43)
06. God Willing (1:18)
07. Luna Park (5:32)
08. I'm With Stupid (3:24)
09. Casanova In Hell (3:14)
10. Twentieth Century (4:39)
11. Indefinite Leave To Remain (3:08)
12. Integral (3:51)

CD2

01. Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix) (6:04)
02. Ring Road (Demo) (3:34)*
03. The Performance Of My Life (Demo) (3:36)*
04. One-Way Street (Demo) (4:00)*
05. Girls Don't Cry (2:34)
06. The Resurrectionist (3:10)
07. The Sodom And Gomorrah Show (Original Demo) (5:02)**
08. Dancing In The Dusk (Demo) (4:10)*
09. After The Event (5:15)
10. The Former Enfant Terrible (2:52)
11. No Time For Tears (Orchestral Mix) (3:27)*
12. God Willing (Original Full Length Mix) (2:42)*
13. I'm With Stupid (PSB Maxi-Mix) (8:06)
14. Answer The Phone (Ringtone) (0:20)**
15. Where Are You? (Ringtone) (0:18)**
16. Water (Ringtone) (0:23)**
17. Numb (Single Edit)] (3:29)
18. One Night (4:05)
19. A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi" (4:57)
20. Transfer (1:04)*
21. Integral (PSB Perfect Immaculate 7'' Mix) (3:21)**
22. Integral (PSB Perfect Immaculate Mix) (7:20)

‘Fundamental’, the magnificent Trevor Horn-produced album which made the top ten in 2006.
As well as the remastered original album original track-listing, there’s a 22-track Further listening album of additional material including demos of unreleased songs such as ‘Ring road’, ‘One-way street’ and “Dancing in the dusk”, alongside previously-unreleased mixes and remixes.

* Previously unreleased
** Previously unreleased on CD

Yes: Further Listening 2008-2010 (2017 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Love Etc (3:33)
02. All Over The World (3:51)
03. Beautiful People (3:42)
04. Did You See Me Coming? (3:41)
05. Vulnerable (4:47)
06. More Than A Dream (4:57)
07. Building A Wall (3:50)
08. King Of Rome (5:31)
09. Pandemonium (3:42)
10. The Way It Used To Be (4:44)
11. Legacy (6:23)

CD2

01. Gin And Jag (4:30)
02. This Used To Be The Future (With Phil Oakey) (5:13)
03. We're All Criminals Now (3:55)
04. Gin And Jag (Frisky Mix) (7:12)
05. Beautiful People (Demo) (3:21)
06. My Girl (3:41)
07. The Loving Kind (Monitor Mix) (3:22)
08. Love Etc (PSB Mix) (6:17)
09. Did You See Me Coming? (PSB Possibly More Mix) (8:48)
10. The Former Enfant Terrible (PSB Bring It On Mix) (7:24)
11. Up And Down (3:45)
12. Brits Medley (9:35)**

CD3

01. I Cried For Us (3:47)
02. It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (New Version) (3:50)
03. All Over The World (New Version) (3:48)
04. Viva La Vida/Domino Dancing (Christmas EP Mix) (5:32)
05. My Girl (Our House Mix) (5:48)
06. Leaving (Demo) (4:15)
07. Together (3:29)
08. Glad All Over (From Together CD Single) (3:25)
09. The Dumpling Song (Demo From My Dad's A Birdman) (1:48)*
10. Wings And Faith (Demo From My Dad's A Birdman) (2:09)*
11. Night Song (Fan Club Download 2010) (3:27)**

‘Yes’ was produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania. The record debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart upon release and was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards. This expanded version of the album features guests including The Human League’s Phil Oakey, who shares vocals with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on ‘This used to be the future’.

Johnny Marr also appears on ‘Yes’, his guitar work featuring on several tracks including the single, ‘Did you see me coming?’. The album’s lead single and UK Top 20 hit, ‘Love Etc.’, became PSB’s ninth number one hit on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the USA, breaking the record for most chart-topping singles by a duo or group on the Billboard Dance Chart.

This reissue of ‘Yes’ includes - alongside the remastered original album - Pet Shop Boys’ previously unreleased monitor mix of ‘The loving kind’, a song which became a Top 10 hit for Girls Aloud, as well as previously unreleased demos of songs from the 2010 Young Vic theatre production, My Dad’s A Birdman. PSB mixes of ‘Did you see me coming?’, ‘The former enfant terrible’ and more are also included.

* Previously unreleased
**Previously unreleased on CD

Elysium: Further Listening 2011-2012 (2017 Remastered Version)

CD1

01. Leaving (3:51)
02. Invisible (5:05)
03. Winner (3:50)
04. Your Early Stuff (2:33)
05. A Face Like That (5:07)
06. Breathing Space (5:10)
07. Ego Music (3:06)
08. Hold On (3:20)
09. Give It A Go (3:53)
10. Memory Of The Future (4:32)
11. Everything Means Something (4:50)
12. Requiem In Denim And Leopardskin (5:50)

CD2

01. Vocal (Demo) (3:48)*
02. She Pops (Demo) (2:52)*
03. Inside (2:53)
04. In Slow Motion (Demo) (3:50)*
05. Listening (4:19)
06. Hell (3:35)
07. The Way Through The Woods (Long Version) (5:41)
08. I Started The Joke (3:16)
09. In His Imagination (4:56)
10. Leaving (Believe In PSB Mix) (6:46)
11. Leaving (Side By Side Remix) (7:01)
12. Leaving (Freedom Remix) (7:08)
13. Memory Of The Future (New Single Mix) (3:36)

‘Elysium’, originally released in 2012, was seen by some as a shift in sound and direction for Pet Shop Boys. Writing for the album began whilst PSB were on tour with Take That, with some tracks dating as far back as 2008.

The album was co-produced by PSB with Andrew Dawson, who engineered much of Kanye West’s album ‘808s & Heartbreaks’, a record which Neil Tennant had become ‘mildly obsessed’ with at the time. The darker lyrical themes of ‘Elysium’ are reflected in the record’s sound. Neil Tennant said: ‘It is deep in terms of the sound—got a lot of sub-bass—it's sort of deep in terms of subject matter, the way it's expressed. But I think it's the Pet Shop Boys' most beautiful album’.

The ‘Further listening’ album of additional material alongside this ‘Elysium’ reissue features previously unreleased demos entitled ‘Vocal’, ‘She pops’ and ‘In slow motion’, as well as PSB mixes and remixes of ‘Leaving’ and ‘Memory of the future’.

* Previously unreleased